Wheel.



No. 850,559. 4JPATENTED APR. 16. 1907 C. .0f BRABANT. WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. 10, 1906.

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' CHARLES C. BIABANT, OF ALPFNi-, MICHIGAN.

WHEEL. l

Application ifdef. February Speefleaton of Letters Patent.v

10,1906. Serial No. 300531.

Be 'it known that l,Cii.im,i;:1 limnw'r,

1 sienertto oll'er im abutment to the wheel, es

Sintes, residing zit Sint@ oi n 'eitizen ol' the lfnited lpeini, in the enmity oll .lilpenn :ind

Mirliignn. have invented new :nid useful inif' proi'ements m Wheels, ol whit-h the iollowi or :my other suitable deviee without 'in any im; is :i speeilient ion.

ly invention pertains to veliieleni'lieels, more pnrtirnlnrly wheels designed l'or use on motor-Veliieles; zi'ijid it hais for one ol'A its obieets to provide n wheel havingl mzide up ol' :i plninlily oi segmental vseetions zuid eonstrueted with :i View ot permitting of im)v one ol` the seetions heini; removed with lzieility and i'eplnt ed with ai. new seet ion when necessitydenninds.

Another object oi the invention is the prol vision of zi. 'iteliiele-wheel embodyingr ellieiem' ineens for preventingr the transmission of shook and jar to the nxle on which the wheel is mounted while reducing' the l'iietion :ittendzint. on rolzit ion ot' the wheel to n miniiniiin.

Another object is the provision ol n const rueted Niitli n View of try ol dust und dirt to the. Vices.

Another objeet isthe provision in si vehi-A cle-wheel olt springs for preventing the trsinsmission of shook und jiu to the axle, the seid springs being so construe-ted that, they :ire rendered strong :ind

wheel :it one and the seine time.

Another object. is the provision of n wheel einliodyingsections suseep ible of being.;l mede ol` pressed steel or analogous materiel. Other ndvantngeous fentnr ofthe invention will be fully understood i1'omjtho follow'- ing' desei'iption sind eliiims whgin the seme are,

i the :recompeoonsideren in connect ion wit olA tliisi Spee i l inying drziwings, formingJ piiitt Figure l is :i side elevfitionof the wheel.

l section.

Similar letters designate corresponding parte in both views of the drawings, rete/rriiig to Wine ireelndine the enl l l :iiitilrietion dedurable and their re' :i solid tire Patented April 16, 190'?.

serew b l'oi prevent ing' ensued disphioeinent et the nut und provided nl e with shoulder desliown in Fig'. '2. 'llie seid :ixle ,i is shown :is part ol' :isteeringduiuelde il; but it. is oloviens that it muy be carried by :in :ixli'rbodjf I wziw nfl'eeting my invention.

(l C. :ire the annuler body-seotions of my novel wheel. 'lliese annuler body-seetions :ire preferzibljif lorinod of pressed steel, are

' detfielizibly eonneeted together by en inner series of trginsverse bolts d sind :in outer series ol trinisjerse bolts e, :ind nre respectively mede u i oi in inner eireuler iertion lieving :i groove or elizinnel g in its inner edge, :i

rim portion l1, und spoke portions c, inter posed between :ind connecting the inner oir i eulnr portionf andthe I'iin port when it is neressziry to remove ion il'. By virtue ot the body C being constructed in the nnmner described it will be ni'ipeient tlifit the seetions thereof may be readily diseoinieeted one et the seetions ofthe tire, presently described, phioe the stime with a. new section. l

D- is .the tire :is e Whole, The said tire comprises n. suit zible number oi' seejiiientel sections l, of rubber vor analogous materiel. :irrzniged end to end :iron'nd i hoop m, of steel or other suitable motorini,

inelosod in the tire-sections l end having; for,

its purpose to retain the seid tire-sections under normal conditions in proper position relative to the body C. Ezieh of the tiresections Z is provided with si bore n, preternbly of rectangular form in cross-section, and is :ilse provided with iiiwerdly-extelnling! reduced portions p, which when sprend apart permit oi' the hoop'm being positioned in the bore n. The hoop m is ot' the stime shape in cross-section :is the boro n in order to emihlo it to better hohl the sections l against. lait-eral flexing or movement, und it lwill he apparent that when the hoop m is arranged in the tires sections l mid the reduced inner portions ,n of the tire-sections nrepositioned in tlxe rim ol'- the body C there is no liability olf :in v one ot the tire-sections ensunlly working loose or becoming displaced. When, however, n. sufficient number of the bolts e nre removed sind one of the rim portions L-is moved :iwziy from the other, one inner reduced portion p of the tire-section that it is desired to remove may be readily Withdrawn from the rim, zitter which the said tireseotion :is ii whole A is en equipped with e. nut e and e l may be disengaged from the rini :ind the refthe body C, and

taining-hoop. Vl'itli like facility a new tireseetion I may be placed in engagement mth.

the-hoop 'm and the rim ol tle body C and i secured in the position illustrated in Fig. 2, and in this way tle usel'ulness ol' the tire as an entirety may be materially prolonged.

E', Fig. 2, is an annular shell pressed steel, held between the lnner portions f oll the ln'idy-seetions and arranged vwithin the inner circular series of transverse bolts '.lt l? are sections, preferably of pressed,

steel,- iyliieli meet at r and baye llanges s disposed adjacent to the inner edges of the body portions 'lle seetions l" serve, in eoinbination with. tle si'ell E, to form a rare for antilirietion deyiees, presently desrribed, and in order to ell'eetually exelude dust from the said raee l arrange annular washers t, ol: felt or other suitable parlt'ing material., in the grooves or eluinnels r/ so as to bear against the flanges s oly seot ions F, as shown in Fig. 2.

'lle antilrietion deviees employed in my 4novel wheel may be ol' any type eompatible with my invention, although] prel'er to enlploy rollt rs (l, disposed between and bearing against the shell ll and the seetions l'` and retaining-rings ll, in yyliioli the ends ol the said rollers are journaled. the said rollers and rings being elearly illustrated in Fig. 2.

ln addition to the elements enumerated my novel wheel eomprises rings l, mounted on tle axle A and having inwardly-direeted fingers il, wliiehl prel'erably meet, as shown in Fig. 2, and springs J, whieliliayel'ortheirpulpose to prevent thetransmission olI sboeltand iar from the body oll the Wheel to theaxle. rl`ltere are preferably live of the springs il, and eae spring is l'orined ol' a single strip olI inaterial bent upon itsell and is looped about one pair ol' lingers ilv and is arranged with. its .lbight portion r outer portion oll the next l'oru'ard spring al'terthe manner shown in ltig. l. y virtue ol' tlie springs being eonstrneted int ner it is claimed that their strength and du- -rability is inereased, and at tle same time they are rendered l=igi=ly resilient and are enab'rd to ellieientlj.' serve ti e purposeliereinbel'ore ascribed to treni.

ly virtue ol' the seetizins l" being ol' annular form, it uil he noted that, the springs .l are exposed to vieuv at opposite sides oll the wheel. 'lhis rontributes to the lightness ol the wheel and at the saine time does not. in'll pair the operation ol' t he springs J, sinee they are not liable dust. and dirty thereon. llty will' be noted, however, that. notwithstanding the exposure ol the springs J dust,l and dirt are ell'eetiually prevt'ented from linding their way-into the preferably of' la) ed or laid against the l i (-5 t his inanto be all'eeted by the deposit of l raee or casing in` which the antifricton dei yiees are contained.

lt will be gathered from tbe foregoing that in addition to eliieiently eushioninga vehielebody my novel wheel is strong and `durable and is well adapted to withstand the hard usage to which the Wheels of motor-vehicles are ordinarily subjected.

llaving described my invention, what I elaiin, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is `l l. A wheel comprising bod \,'seetions dei tacha-bly eonneeted together and having inner'angular portions, rim portions, and spoke portions eonneeting said inner portions and the rim-body, an annular shell arranged and seeured between the inner annular port-ions ot' the body-seetions, annular seetions arl ranged between the inner annular portions of the body-seetions and having flanges opposed to the inner edges of said inner annular portions, parking interposed between said 'flanges and edges, antifrietion devices ar! ranged in the ra'ee or easing lormed between the annular shell and the annular seetion, a. portion adapted to reeeive an axle7 and rushioning means interposed between said portion and the annular seetions. 2. ln a wheel, the eombination of a eentritl portion arranged to reeeive. an axle and haii ing spring-holding devices, an annular bodyY `au annular seetion arranged therein, antifrietiou deviees interposed'between the body and seetion, and springs interposed between the central portion and the annular section; t the said springs being respeetively l'ormed oll a strip ol' material bent upon itself, and eaeh spring being looped to reeeive one ol' the spring-holding deviees and having its bight portion laid or lapped againsty the outer portion olI the next spring.

Il. 'lhe eouibination in a wheel, of a eentral portion arranged to receive an axle and 1 having spring-holding devices, an annular seetion surrounding the eentral portion, and springs interposed between the rentra-l ortion and the annular section; the said springs being respeetixely formed of a strip oll materialbent upon itsell, and each spring being looped to reeeive one ol' the spring-holding i deyiees and having its bight. portion laid or lapped against the outer portion of the next spring.

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto 'set my hand in presence ol" two subscribing witnesses.

(WIAHLES BRABANT.

l'Vi t nesses z.

I' W. A. PRINCE,

i JonN lt. Moll/uio.

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